Asokwa

Asokwa
Town
Asokwa Location of Asokwa in Ashanti Region
Coordinates: 6°30′0″N01°25′0″W / 6.50000°N 1.41667°W / 6.50000; -1.41667 6° 30' 0" N, 1° 25' 0" W
Country	Ghana
Region	Ashanti Region
District	Asokwa Municipal District
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	GMT

Asokwa is a town in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana and the capital of the Asokwa Municipal District. The town is also home to the Asokwa Municipal Assembly. ^[1]

Town structure

The town in under the jurisdiction of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and is in the Asokwa constituency of the Ghana parliament. ^[2]

Municipal Assembly

The Asokwa Municipal Assembly (AskMA) was carved out of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) by a Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2294, 2018 by an Act of Parliament on the 21st day of December, 2017 under section 3 of the Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 93.. ^[3]

References

1. "Asokwa Municipal Assembly's Main website" . Retrieved 2024-05-03.
2. "Elections 2004. Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Ghana. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
3. "Asokwa Municipal Assembly". www.askma.gov.gh. Retrieved 2025-03-15.